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Stafford Rangers maintained their unbeaten league record with victory over 10-man Goole thanks to a brace from Nathan Rooney.

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Boro marksman Ben Haseley was ruled out in the warm-up but the former Wolves midfielder took the mantle to the delight of Rangers manager Neil Kitching.

He said: "I thought we were brilliant, creating lots of goal scoring opportunities and controlling possession so I'm really pleased."

Rangers were slow starting and the visitors nearly took advantage when Bobby Johnson had a free header in front of goal, but his effort was straight at goalkeeper Adam Whitehouse.

However, the Boro showed why they are top of Evo-Stik Division One South when they went ahead on the 29th minute.

A surging run by Levi Reid found Peter Till, who took one touch outside the box before firing into top corner.

The visitors were given a harder task on 39 minutes, when Daniel Reilly was given a straight red card for an elbow on Christian Dacres.

Kitching's side secured the victory on the 67th minute when a Alex Curtis cross found Rooney, who beat his man before firing into the bottom corner.

The Boro got a third goal with just two minutes remaining when Rooney beat the wall and goalkeeper from a free-kick on the edge of the box.